Plants, Drawing, and Color: Connecting Science and Art

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Plants, Drawing, and ColorConnecting Science
and Art

• Pat Stellflue, Eagle Bluff Elementary
• Marie Allen, Eagle Bluff Elementary
• Tim Gerber, Univer. of WI-La Crosse

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Purpose

• Connect science and art
• Science and art stds

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Science Set Up

• Science stds
• Plant form and function
• Getting rid of misconceptions about plants
• Munsell color charts
• Garden experiments

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Plant form and function

• Use of living plants and labeled botanical
  drawings
• Focus on misconceptions about plants (Barmann,
  et.al. 2003)

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Munsell color charts

• Hue color (5RP)
• Value lightness or darkness (range 2.58)
• Chroma intensity of color (range 2-12)

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Garden experiments

• Fall bulb planting
• Ms. Allens 4th grade science class
• Project funding from 2003 bulb sale

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Science classroom visit

• Dr. Gerber visits classroom for hands-on activity
  with 4th grade
• Look at underground parts (bulbs and roots)
• Section through tulip bulb and onion
• Discuss forcing bulbs

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Science WI Science Stds

• F.4.1 Discover how each organism meets its basic
  needs
• F.4.3 Illustrate the different ways that
  organisms grow through life stages
• F.8.1 Understand the structure and function of
  whole organisms
• F.8.2 Show how organisms have adapted structures
  to match their functions,

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Art Set Up

• Art stds
• Planting bulbs for color
• Living plants in the art room
• Media Technique
• Color basics hue, value, chroma

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Planting Bulbs for Color Study

• Fall planting crocus, daffodils, iris along
  handicap accessible walkway
• Spring color for outside art by gazebo
• Cut flowers for art science classrooms

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Clay Pot Construction

• Tulip bulbs sent home with kids for 12 wk. cold
  treatment
• Clay pot production in 4th grade art class
• Planting bulbs
• Indoor garden in science class and for drawing in
  art

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Planting bulbs in clay pots
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Color basics - mixing color

• Hue color (color wheel)
• Value lightness or darkness (mixing with white,
  grey, or black)
• Chroma intensity of color (increasing amt of
  white, grey, black mix)
• Tint, tone, shade

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Media Technique

• Pencil/Ink - line drawings
• Watercolor

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La Crosse Plein Air Artists Visit

• Local artists come to Eagle Bluff Elementary
• Linda Steine
• Students working with pastel, colored pencil, oil
  crayon

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Plein Air artists students

• Dolores Marusarz founder of La Crosse Plein Air
  artists
• Students working in Acrylic painting
• Donna Gerke
• Students sketching before watercolor

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• Barbara Hart Decker
• Mary Thompson
• Students working in acrylic paint

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Visual Art WI Stds.

• Bmedia and design in relation tothe
  environment
• Cwill design and produce quality original
  images and objects
• Dcommunicate and express ideas using varied
  media, techniques, and processes.
• Kwill make connections among the arts, other
  disciplines

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Plant Display Set Up in LMC

• Art end
• Science end
• Connection in the middle

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LMC Display - Art

• Components of a drawing
• Shading a line drawing
• Value
• Adding color
• Munsell color system

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LMC Display - Science

• Forcing tulips
• Plant organs
• Flower parts
• Bulbs
• Life cycle of a bulb plant
• Examples (next 3 slides)

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Daffodil Flower Parts

• Anthers of the stamens have pollen.
• The ovary will develop into a fruit with seeds.

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Combining Art Science
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Combining Science Art
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Dissemination

• The eyes of artists article, 22 May 2004 issue
  of La Crosse Tribune, Linda McAlpine
• School District of Onalaska teachers
• Write manuscript for publication in SC
• Develop Washburn Academy art science workshop

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Assessment

• Completion of works of art in 4th 5th grade and
  botanical illustrations in 4th grade science
• Plant parts test in 4th grade science
• Assess water color technique

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Conclusions

• Better understanding of plants
• Expand subjects for art
• Modifiable to include curriculum needs in
  district (adding light component)

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Acknowledgements

• La Crosse Area Plein Air artists
• Stephanie Coorough Eagle Bluff LMC Director
• Rockwood Gardens, Onalaska, WI bulb fundraiser
• WSST foundation and OFFEE grants

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References

• Munsell color charts for plant tissues
• Lawniczak et al. 2004. Plants on Display.
  Science Children 41 (9) 24-29.